GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| paltry | inferior |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| brawny | muscular |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |